Shiseido
Zen
Floral Fruity · 2007
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Intimate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Summer
Grapefruit and pineapple over bergamot, with rose and freesia softening the heart. Fresh and lightly fruity, it stays quiet and skin-close. Serene and clean, true to its name.
Taste Profile
The Purist
The Cool Sweet
Cool on the surface. Quietly sweet beneath.
Not where you'd expect to find it. It crept in and stayed. Some softness arrives that way.
See your own Taste Map →How Zen smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Zen stays close to the skin, worn for the wearer first, and reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin.
Zen reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 13th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Zen stays close to the skin, worn for the wearer first. That is among the lowest in the catalogue for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Zen sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.
Zen sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 72nd percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Zen carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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